Measuring the impact of the Voices of Survivors program on health care workers' attitudes toward survivors of intimate partner violence

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 731-737

  Nicolaidis, Christina ^a,b   Curry, MaryAnn ^b   Gerrity, Martha ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuing medical education; Intimate partner violence; Measurement; Provider attitudes; Survey instrument

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; RELIABILITY; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMEDIA; OREGON; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSE ABUSE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 23744500837     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0141.x     Document Type: Review

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